[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 177 (Tuesday, September 14, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55448-55449]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-20760]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR-958-1430-ET; HAG-04-0071; WAOR-57423]


Public Land Order No. 7614; Withdrawal of National Forest System 
Lands for the Halliday Fen Research Natural Area; Washington

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraws 646.40 acres of National Forest System 
lands from location and entry under the United States mining laws for a 
period of 20 years to protect a portion of the Halliday Fen Research 
Natural Area.

DATES: Effective September 10, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathy Ahlenslager, Botanist, Colville 
National Forest, 509-684-7178, or Charles R. Roy, BLM Oregon/Washington 
State Office, 503-808-6189.

Order

    By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior 
by Section 204 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, 
43 U.S.C. 1714 (2000), it is ordered as follows:
    1. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described 
National Forest System land is hereby withdrawn from location and entry 
under the United States mining laws 30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (2000), to protect 
the unique characteristics, sensitive fauna, hydrology, and the 
research values within the Halliday Fen Research Natural Area:

Colville National Forest

Willamette Meridian

T. 40 N., R. 44 E.,
    Sec. 31, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/
2\SW\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SE\1/4\.

    Portions of the following lands as specifically identified and 
described by metes and bounds in the ``Boundary Description for 
Halliday Fen Research Natural Area to be Withdrawn from Mineral 
Location'' dated April 19, 2002, in the official records of the Bureau 
of Land Management, Oregon/Washington State Office and the Colville 
National Forest Office, Colville, Washington:

T. 39 N., R. 43 E.,
    Sec. 1, lot 1.
T. 40 N., R. 43 E.,
    Sec. 36, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\.
T. 39 N., R. 44 E.,
    Sc. 6, lots 2 through 5, inclusive.
T. 40 N., R. 44 E.,
    Sec. 30, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 31, lots 2, 3, 4, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, NE\1/
4\SE\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 32, W\1/2\W\1/2\.

    The areas described aggregate 646.40 acres in Pend Oreille 
County.

    2. This withdrawal will expire 20 years from the effective date of 
this order unless, as a result of a review conducted before the 
expiration date pursuant to Section 204(f) of the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1714(f) (2000), the Secretary 
determines that the withdrawal shall be extended.


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    Dated: September 8, 2004.
Rebecca W. Watson,
Assistant Secretary--Land and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 04-20760 Filed 9-10-04; 12:24 pm]
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